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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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My morning hunt......
« on: January 08, 2015, 01:49:00 PM »
Ok I might get long winded here but here it goes , a while back I wanted to start shooting HH style bows and bought me a Big Five built by Kramer. Shot it a bit and took some small game than for what ever reason put it on the back burner. Now in the last few weeks my interest in Howard Hill was again in full gear ( the HH thread here helped me along ) then for Xmas my wife bought me all the HH DVDs and some HH broadheads. Dang I love that woman ( oh this will turn into a hunting story before long ) then that wife of mine got me a new bow also a fine old Kramer TD 68" 65@28 not a mark on it looks like it had never been shot. So over the last several weeks I have been getting my HH style shooting down well kinda a mix of my and that style and it seems to be going well. I have been shooting carbons and went over to a good friends a few days ago and he fixed me up with some good cedar arrows and another great friend gave me an Awsome HH back Quiver. So now with all my gear ready and my wool layered thick ( I think with the wind chill it was like 10 this morn ) I was off to try and take a whitetail from the ground with no camo the old school way.......
 
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Offline ron w

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2015, 01:54:00 PM »
:campfire:  This may turn out well!!
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2015, 01:59:00 PM »
:bigsmyl:
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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2015, 02:03:00 PM »
Out well before sun up this am dressed in many layers with my back quiver full of cedars I had about a mile walk in the bright moon light down to the river. And boy was that moon bright and it was dang cold with the north wind at a steady clip but I quickly warmed up and had to slow down as not to get hot. Right before I got to where I wanted to be I could see several deer out in the field I needed to cross so I cut left and keep hiden in the woods. I dropped down in a heavely wooded dry creek bed and snuck as quietly as I could to a well used crossing I hoped the deer would take if they came my way. Where I set up would give me a good cross wind for any thing that used that trail and would put the sun somewhat at my back......
This is from my view of the crossing...
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Offline KentuckyTJ

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2015, 02:16:00 PM »
This will be good.   :coffee:
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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2015, 02:19:00 PM »
This is our late season only spike and doe can be taken so I need one of those to give me a shot. I have had a great season this year and have taken two fine bucks so I have 3 tags to fill yet. Back to the task at hand the sun is starting up and it's getting colder but I'm feeling good in all my nice wool clothing and feel good about the spot I chose to plant my rearend. I can see many deer milling around and looks like a few are heading for my location , I did several test draws of my bow and all I need now is a deer. Well in a little while here comes a few does with the biggest one bringing up the back of the train and as luck would have it they read the memo and took the trail I needed. In a single file they made the crossing and when the big girl hit my shooting lane the arrow was loosed in a flash of yellow.....
This would be the deers view up to my location....
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2015, 02:23:00 PM »
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Offline Pat B.

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2015, 02:28:00 PM »
sounding like a fine tale!
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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2015, 02:29:00 PM »
I think I was more tore up at this point than I have been in a good while , I have taken many an animal off the ground over the years so it wasn't that. I have just been so excited with this Howard Hill stuff and getting back to the roots of bow hunting , wood arrows , back quivers , no camo , on the ground as they say Hunting The Hard Way. Ok the shot looked like it hit the hair I was looking at the bow is so quiet she never moved til the arrow hit her......
 
From my spot....
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2015, 02:34:00 PM »
We need more!!!!  :)  Great pictures. Looking forward to reading the rest.
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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2015, 02:38:00 PM »
She bolted at the hit but the other deer just stood there watching her so I slipped another arrow on the string but never got a shot off at another. My doe made about a 50yd dash and it was all over I saw her go down , I sat for another hour watching the Tx River bottom wake up and enjoying the morning.......
 
 
Turns out I had drawn a Simmons head out of the quiver not one of the HH heads my wife bought me. I will use one of those this afternoon....
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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2015, 02:45:00 PM »
What water that pooled up from the last rain in the dry creek bed was froze solid. It was a great morning in the deer woods and I hope this afternoon finds me in a similar situation , this Howard Hill stuff is pretty fun....
 
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2015, 02:53:00 PM »
Great stuff Sam. Congratulations on a great hunt.

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2015, 02:54:00 PM »
Congrats on the doe on the ground, getting it done the hard way.

    Nice looking bow..!
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Offline SAM E. STEPHENS

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2015, 02:54:00 PM »
Like I said no track job needed as I saw her go down , back at camp now deer hung drinking coffee and working on a plan for this afternoon....
 
 
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2015, 02:55:00 PM »
Awesome job sam glad to see your filling your journey with the Howard hill stuff man looks like a fun journey!! Nice pics thxs for sharing
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Offline Dave Lay

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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2015, 02:58:00 PM »
congrats... that really makes me wanna pull the longbow and woodies out
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2015, 03:07:00 PM »
All I can say is, WELL DONE!!
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2015, 03:16:00 PM »
An outstanding story!  Congrats on your success, and the way you did it.
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Re: My morning hunt......
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2015, 03:16:00 PM »
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